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たたみ
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JLPT:N4
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1Tatami — traditional Japanese flooring woven from rush grass, laid in Japanese-style rooms; room size is often expressed by the number of tatami mats.

Noun

Examples

この旅館の部屋は全部畳敷きだ。

All the rooms at this inn have tatami floors.

畳の香りが好きで、和室でよく昼寝をする。

I like the smell of tatami, so I often take naps in the Japanese-style room.

引っ越したアパートは八畳の和室があった。

The apartment I moved into had an eight-tatami Japanese-style room.